Greetings! I did not know that Apple Computers could get High. Well I guess, if Apple/Macs are green it may be a possibilty.
Cheers, Joe On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi David, > > The maximum temperature for an Intel Core 2 Duo processor is 100ºC with an > emergency shutoff at 125ºC. > The processor will shut down using its thermal protection routines well > before any damage is done. > > They're designed to work up to 100C if required but the fans should both > kick in well before that and keep even a heavily working machine around 85℃. > But I don't like to see my 17" MacBook Pro higher than 75-80℃. > It used to get high when I had Vista running in Parallels, I now have > Windows 7 and it does not hog CPU as much as Vista. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 19/01/2010, at 3:07 PM, David Noel wrote: > > > > > Thanks to all, the iStat widget looks very useful. There was a 'kernel > > panic' and log produced, I sent it, as offered, to Apple, but have no > > idea what effect there is from this. If it happens again, I can check > > temperatures -- currently up to 64 deg C -- is there an upper limit I > > should look out for? > > > > Cheers -- > > > > David Noel / Jan 19 > > > > ========= > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Peter Hinchliffe > > <hinch...@multiline.com.au> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 18/01/2010, at 12:25 PM, David Noel wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Hi Gang -- > >>> > >>> -- A surprise this morning. I was working on my iMac when a grey tint > >>> came over my screen, and a message came up that I had to restart the > >>> machine by pressing the power button till it closed, then pressing > >>> again till it restarted. This worked OK, but I am puzzled by what > >>> caused it. The temperature is 42 deg here, could this have any > >>> bearing? > >>> > >>> David Noel / Jan > >>> (Intel iMac, 10.6.2) > >> > >> > >> This is the Mac OS X equivalent of the Windows "Blue Screen of Death", > and occurs in response to a "Kernel Panic". Fortunately they are seen very > rarely in a properly-running Mac, and but can be produced by any number of > factors, heat being one of them. If you haven't already done so, download a > copy of the iStat Pro Widget <http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/>. This > handy little Dashboard Widget tells you at a glance what the operating > temperature of your computer and CPU is at a glance. > >> -- > >> > >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > >> Perth, Western Australia > >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > >> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
